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God won’t stop loving
us when we mess up. God doesn’t love you because of who you are or what you’ve
done but because of who he is and what he has done. God made you - He loves you
- It’s settled! You can’t make God love you more - you can’t make him love you
less. He loves you just as much on your bad days as he does on your good days
BY RICK WARREN
“God knows what we are made of; he remembers that we
are dust” (Psalm 103:14 GNT).
Your
failures don’t surprise God. He expects them.
He
knows what we’re made of — because he created us.
The Bible says, “God knows what we are made of; he
remembers that we are dust” (Psalm
103:14 GNT).
God
won’t stop loving us when we mess up.
God
made you. He loves you. It’s settled!
You
can’t make God love you more.
You
can’t make him love you less.
He
loves you just as much on your bad days as he does on your good days.
His
love is not performance based.
The
Bible has a word for this. It’s called grace — and it’s absolutely amazing.
God looks down and says, “I choose to love you. And
you can’t make me stop loving you.”
Even
when we’re ridiculously bad, God won’t stop loving us. It truly is amazing
grace.
When
you understand his grace, you can relax about your failures and have the
confidence to take more risks.
You
may have come to God multiple times for forgiveness on the same issue.
Maybe
you’re not sure you deserve his love and grace. And you’re sure that God has
grown tired of your constant efforts at change.
But
you can relax. God never tires of a conversation with you.
He’s
never too busy. No matter how many times you come to him for forgiveness, he’ll
be waiting with open arms.
You
may have grown up in a home where conditional love was the norm.
Your
parents’ affections may have been based on your academic, athletic, or social
successes.
When
you failed in one of those areas, you felt the loss of your family’s love.
Relax.
That’s not how God deals with you.
The Bible says, “[God] canceled the debt, which
listed all the rules we failed to follow. He took away that record with its
rules and nailed it to the cross” (Colossians
2:14 NCV).
The
Christian life isn’t a mistake-free life, but it can be a guilt-free life. God
understands your failures, and he loves you anyway.
That’s
amazing grace!
Talk
It Over
How
should the realization of how God handles your mistakes and failures impact how
you deal with the mistakes and failures of others?
With
whom can you share the good news of God’s amazing grace?
Rick Warren is an innovative pastor, renowned author, and global
influencer. The various ministries Pastor Rick has created are a multi-faceted
expression of his heart to bring the whole Gospel to the whole world.
https://pastorrick.com/god-loves-you-anyway/
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